Tag: Uttrakhand
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CHAKRATA- A Scenetic view and Magical Hill Station
Chakrata is a hill station that falls under Dehradun tehsil and it comes under the Jansuar-Bawar area. It is a cantonment area and foreigners are restricted here. It is restricted because it is the permanent garrison of the secretive and elite Special Frontier Force, also known as ‘Establishment 22’ (called “Two-Two”), the only ethnic Tibetian unit of the…
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PHOOL DEI (फूल देई) in Uttrakhand India
Phool dai is known as the harvest festival of Uttrakhand and it is celebrated on the first day of Hindu month Chaitra mid march. Phool dai is all about flowers and starting of spring. The festivals celebrated for around one month but the first day is considered to be auspicious. Phool means flower and dai…
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Rhododendron (Rhodo)—- Buransh flower- State flower of Uttrakhand
Para Bhira main buransh fulee go; main jai kunoo meri Heeroo ai gay chho! Thus sings a Mother, when Buransh blooms. She says-On the other side of the ridge, the Buransh isblooming; I had been contemplating as if my daughter Heeroo has come. She compares the colour of Bransh flower with that of the Chunri…
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